Summary
The fifth and finalAstro Botspeedrun DLC level is here, bringing the curtain down on the announced post-launch run for the popular PS5 exclusive. However, despite Team Asobi not announcing what’s coming next, if anything at all, Astro Bot’s end credits, not to mention an addition that has been made to them since launch, suggest there are more levels to come, or at the very least more VIP Bots.
Within seconds of theconfirmation that Astro Bot would be getting DLC, and ten new Bots along with it, players started to try and guess who those Bots might be. The reveal trailer for the five speedrun levels confirmed that two of those ten would be a Helldiver, and Eve fromStellar Blade. As new levels dropped, it quickly became clear that quite a few of the new Bots would be Helldivers.
A new character has joined them in each level however, including Eve, the protagonist fromRise of the Ronin, Nariko from Heavenly Sword, and Ky fromGuilty Gear. This week in the final DLC level there was no Helldiver, but two new VIP Bots - Cayde-6 from Destiny, and Wesker from Resident Evil. However, there are still some absences from the expansive Astro Bot VIP collection that have left some of us puzzled, andI’m not talking about the lack of Final Fantasy characters.
Astro’s Final Speedrun DLC Bots Are Wesker And Cayde-6
So, Where’s Rayman?
Even before Team Asobi confirmed Astro Bot would be getting DLC, the more attentive among you noticed that the studio had thanked some fellow developers in the game’s end credits despite none of their characters making cameo appearances in the game. Most notable are the hat tips to various Ubisoft series and their creators.Assassin’s Creed,Rayman, andBeyond Good & Evilare all mentioned in Astro’s credits yet they don’t have Bots in the game, nor have they been added via DLC.
It has also been highlighted onthe Astro Bot subreddit(thanks,VGC), that since Astro Bot’s launch, a special thanks to Tomba and its developers has quietly been added to the credits. All of the above plus a shoutout to Croc points to there being more Astro DLC to come even though this first run of speedrun levels has now come to an end. WithCroc’s remaster currently slated to release in December, andAssassin’s Creed Shadowsnow launching in February 2025, perhaps we could see more spaced-out Bot reveals that potentially line up with the releases of the missing characters' respective games, provided they have new releases on the horizon, of course. Sorry for the reminder, Rayman fans.
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When the PS5 mothership is attacked by Astro’s long-standing galactic nemesis, scrambling its wires and scattering the crew throughout space, only Astro can make things right! Setting off on his biggest mission yet, he needs your help to rescue the stranded crew and rebuild the mothership.
